Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The artist Samson Flexor, after mentioning a few of the participants of the third Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna (1955) who up until then were considered figurative artists, maintains that they have already joined a new movement that represents “a [...]

This text is the “Manifesto do Atelier Abstração,” written by painter Samson Flexor; it was published in the catalogue for the group’s third exhibition in São Paulo at the MAM (Museu de Arte Moderna, June 1956). The manifesto defends [...]